It’s Also Election Year, Y’all.

COVID-19 has dominated our lives since mid-March, but don’t forget that 2020 is also an election year. Everyone knows that it is a presidential election year, but did you know that every [...]

This past week, the SC Legislature returned for brief, socially distant, sessions. Two pressing issues were at hand: the budget and sine die. Budget The State’s budget ends on June 30. The [...]

The US House on Friday (May 15) passed the HEROES Act, their next version of COVID-19 relief. The bill includes $10 million for the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for [...]

The SCAA is teaming up with Engenius, a Greenville marketing and web firm, to bring you another set of “Beyond COVID” webinars, this time focused on Marketing. These FREE webinars are [...]

As we say goodbye to our Graduate Fellow, Jeff Robinson, we asked him for some final thoughts about his work with the SCAA. Back in November of 2019, GP briefed me on what to expect from this [...]

The SC Arts Alliance, along with funding partners Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, and the SC Arts Commission, announces a webinar series for arts organizations focused on financial [...]

During the COVID-19 epidemic, many artists and arts organizations are looking for ways to continue to reach audiences through virtual platforms. In lieu of our usual “Lunch Read” [...]

Expanded Giving Potential Under the CARES Act With the passage of the CARES Act, various forms of relief are now available to Creative Workers who might desperately need it. Non-profit Arts [...]

Update (April 16): Reports are showing that the SBA has committed 100% of the $349 billion included in the CARES Act. Additional funds are being considered by Congress but have not yet been [...]

When Congress passed the CARES Act, they approved the expansion of unemployment benefits to almost all individuals impacted by COVID-19 – including independent contractors and employers [...]